2.5 Literature & Genres

Adventure Fiction

Adventure stories are packed full of fast and exciting action. The main characters often have a goal they are trying to reach or a task they must complete. The plot is about going on a journey and visiting interesting places.  The events that happen are more extraordinary compared to everyday life. The story can be set in the past, present or future. It can be in a realistic or fantasy setting.

The hero and the villain are usually easy to spot in an adventure story.

An example is the book Royal Ransom by Canadian author Eric Walters.

Jamie Ransom is a 13-year-old Cree boy who is helping his cousin with a special trekking group in Canada’s North. He is excited to find out they are taking young Prince Andrew and his sister Victoria. But in the middle of the wilderness, kidnappers strike and the adults are taken hostage. The children manage to escape and must now battle their way through difficult Northern landscape to find help.

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